City of Vancouver Archives

[View from the Hotel Vancouver]

AM336-S3-2-: CVA 677-181
Item
[ca. 1885]

Part of Vancouver Museums and Planetarium Association fonds

Photograph shows buildings, streets, and waterfront area.

[Vancouver waterfront] before the fire [of 1886]

AM54-S4-: LGN 450
Item
[1886]

Part of Major Matthews collection

Photograph shows buildings and ships of waterfront, including Hastings Sawmill, the S.S. "Beaver", the Hastings Mill Store and wharf, and other buildings. J.S. Matthews' notes with print or negative in Archives.

Vancouver, about end of 1886 (after fire), showing Cordova and Hastings Streets, and the City Wharf

AM336-S3-2-: CVA 677-222
Item
1886; reproduced [190-?]

Part of Vancouver Museums and Planetarium Association fonds

Photograph shows buildings, dirt roads, plank sidewalks, and the waterfront area. Various areas in the waterfront are labelled with letters.

[Exterior of A.W. Ross Real Estate and E.C. Coulding Law Office building on Hastings between Homer and Hamilton Streets]

AM54-S4-: Bu P12
Item
1886

Part of Major Matthews collection

[Exterior of the E.C. Coulding Law Office and A.W. Ross Real Estate building on Hastings Street between Hamilton Street and Homer Street]

AM54-S4-: Str P224
Item
1886

Part of Major Matthews collection

[Head and shoulders portrait of Dr. R. Mathison and exterior of R. Mathison Jr. The Job Printer building - 323 W. Hastings Street]

AM54-S4-: Bu P177
Item
July, 1886

Part of Major Matthews collection

Men identified (left to right); J.J. Peak, T.S. Carmen, Bob English, Robert Mathison Sr., Mr. Robert "Bob" Mathison.

[Exterior of the Lacey R. Johnson residence - 455 Seymour St.]

AM54-S4-: Bu P119
Item
1887

Part of Major Matthews collection

People identified: Mr. L.R. Johnson and son on porch and Miss Johnson (Mrs. Walter F. Evans) in window. The Durham Block is to the left.

Vancouver from C.P.R. Docks

AM54-S4-1-: CVA 4-36
Item
1887

Part of Major Matthews collection

[Exterior of Dr. and Mrs. J.M. Lefevre's residence on the N.W. corner of Hastings and Granville Streets]

AM54-S4-: Bu P100
Item
1887

Part of Major Matthews collection

Photograph shows Dr. Lefevre's surgery to the left attached to the house.

N.W. corner Hastings and Granville Streets, site of old post office building

AM1576-S6-12-F12-: 2011-010.1847
Item
1887 (reproduced ca. 1984)

Part of Vancouver Centennial Commission fonds

[View of the waterfront looking west from near the foot of Dunlevy Avenue]

AM54-S4-: Wat P45
Item
1887

Part of Major Matthews collection

Hastings Street, Vancouver [looking east from Seymour Street]

AM54-S4-: LP 148
Item
June 1887

Part of Major Matthews collection

Photograph shows the Bank of Montreal (440 W. Hastings) and Bank of British Columbia (438 W. Hastings) building under construction.

[View of buildings near waterfront, looking east from Hastings and Seymour Streets]

AM54-S4-: LGN 1053
Item
[1888?]

Part of Major Matthews collection

J.S. Matthews' notes with print or negative in Archives. Photograph shows the Canadian Pacific Railway office building on Cordova Street.

[View from the Hotel Vancouver]

AM336-S3-2-: CVA 677-182
Item
[ca. 1888]

Part of Vancouver Museums and Planetarium Association fonds

Photograph shows buildings along and between Howe and Granville Streets, as well as the waterfront area.

Vancouver, B.C. from Hotel Vancouver

AM54-S4-: Van Sc P17
Item
[ca. 1889]

Part of Major Matthews collection

Photograph shows a view looking east from Georgia Street towards the 600 Block Seymour Street

Building [Hotel Vancouver] with horse and carriage in front

AM1535-: CVA 99-1300.3
Item
[ca. 1889, reproduced ca. 1920]

Part of Stuart Thomson fonds

Item is a photograph which appears to be a copy of a photographic print of a Hotel Vancouver.

(Main St.) West Westminster Avenue, Vancouver

AM336-S3-2-: CVA 677-988
Item
[188-?]; reproduced [197-?]

Part of Vancouver Museums and Planetarium Association fonds

Photograph shows incomplete plank roads, a brick building in the foreground, and various other buildings in the background.

City of Vancouver

Part of City of Vancouver Archives technical and cartographic drawing collection

Item is a copy of sections of a November 1889 fire insurance map that have been pieced together. Includes the area between Seymour and Dunlevy Streets, from the south shore of the Burrard Inlet to Keefer Street. Map shows Chinatown, part of False Creek, and buildings and their uses (commercial, residential, industrial). The name of the business, business owner, or type of business is noted for most commercial and industrial buildings.

Northern Portion of Vancouver, B.C.

AM54-S4-: Str P123
Item
[ca. 1889]

Part of Major Matthews collection

Photograph shows a northwest view from the corner of Richards Street and Dunsmuir Street

[Exterior of the Strathcona (Sir Donald A. Smith) Block - 618 Georgia Street]

AM54-S4-: Bu P60
Item
1889

Part of Major Matthews collection

[Vacant lots on the north side of Hastings street between Homer Street and Hamilton Street]

AM54-S4-: Str P338
Item
[ca. 1889]

Part of Major Matthews collection

Photograph shows a man aiming a rifle

The Inlet, Vancouver [showing the Vancouver Rowing Club buildings]

AM54-S4-: Bu P194
Item
1889

Part of Major Matthews collection

Photograph shows (left to right): Burrard Inlet Rowing Club, net drying racks, Spratt's oilery shed and Vancouver Boating Club.

[Decorated Red Cross Brewery carts in the 400 block Cordova Street - north side]

AM54-S4-: Bu P128
Item
[ca. 1890]

Part of Major Matthews collection

[F.X. Martin's groceries and provisions, A.E. Beck Law Office and a building society in the Unit Block Cordova Street]

AM54-S4-: Str P77
Item
[ca. 1890]

Part of Major Matthews collection

[Buildings at southeast corner of Georgia and Seymour Streets]

AM54-S4-: LGN 482
Item
[1890?]

Part of Major Matthews collection

Photograph shows part of the Congregational Church, a set of row houses, and the Boston Bakery and Confectionery. J.S. Matthews' notes with print or negative in Archives.

[Strathcona (Sir Donald Smith) Block - 618 Georgia at Granville Street]

AM54-S4-: Bu P54
Item
[ca. 1890]

Part of Major Matthews collection

Vancouver from Hotel Vancouver

AM54-S4-: LGN 476
Item
[ca. 1890]

Part of Major Matthews collection

Photograph shows downtown Vancouver, Burrard Inlet, and the North Shore mountains, looking north from either the Hotel Vancouver J.S. Matthews' notes with print or negative in Archives.

[Exterior of the R.Mathison Jr. The Job Printer building - 323 W. Hastings St.]

AM54-S4-: Bu P178
Item
July 17, 1890

Part of Major Matthews collection

Men identified (left to right): W.T. Bainbridge, W.F. Findlay, W.H. Sanders, Rev. E.D. McLaren, Robert Mathison, Sr., Robert Mathison, Jr.

Cordova St. Vancouver B.C.

AM1376-: CVA 1376-91
Item
[1890]

Part of City of Vancouver Archives photograph collection

Photograph shows the unit block of Cordova Street looking west from Carrall to Cambie with business enterprises: on the right the Boulder Saloon and George Lawson Allan, Boots & Shoes and on the left Dunn & Co., Hardware with the Knights of Pythias Hall on the upper level. The foreground shows the Vancouver electric street car travelling west and in the background a horse-drawn carriage travelling east.

Vancouver, B.C. from the South

AM1376-: CVA 1376-375.06
Item
[1889 or 1890]

Part of City of Vancouver Archives photograph collection

Photograph shows a view looking north from the corner of Westminster Avenue (Main Street) and 7th Avenue including the Westminster Avenue Trestle Bridge and False Creek in the background

Chinese Detention Shed at Vancouver

AM358---: CVA 153-2
Item
ca. 1890

Part of H.A. Price collection

Caption with the photograph: Contrary to common belief the C.P.R. did not import Chinese labor to build the Railway. The Chinese were imported by contractor Andrew Onderdonk, building through B.C. under contract to the Canadian Government. The C.P.R. took over the line later.

[Eastern view of] Vancouver, B.C. [from the tower of Holy Rosary Church at Dunsmuir and Richards Streets]

AM54-S4-: Dist P128
Item
[ca. 1890]

Part of Major Matthews collection

Photograph shows Homer Street Methodist Church, St. Ann's and Sacred Hearts Academies, First Baptist Church and Miss Ida Murphy's home

[View of Seymour Street between Dunsmuir and Georgia Streets, showing churches and other buildings in foreground and False Creek in the distance]

AM54-S4-: SGN 1454
Item
[1891?]

Part of Major Matthews collection

J.S. Matthews' notes with print or negative in Archives.

[Exterior of Guerney Cab Co. building - S.W. corner of Westminster Avenue (Main Street) and Front Street (1st Avenue)]

AM54-S4-: Bu P180
Item
[ca. 1892]

Part of Major Matthews collection

[Group portrait of Hayes and McIntosh butchers in the unit block Cordova Street]

AM54-S4-: Bu P552
Item
[ca. 1893]

Part of Major Matthews collection

Photograph shows the Central Hotel and signs for A.B. Acorn Real Estate, J.T. Cross Boots, Tryhall Printers and R.V. Winch. Wood plank street and sidewalk are also shown.

[Cordova Street, Vancouver B.C.]

AM1376-: CVA 1376-180
Item
[ca. 1890]

Part of City of Vancouver Archives photograph collection

Photograph shows the unit block of Cordova Street looking west from Carrall to Cambie with business enterprises including the Knights of Pythias Hall on the upper level of a retail store, an electric street car and a horse-drawn carriage.

[View down Water Street and Codova Street, looking east from Richards Street]

AM54-S4-: SGN 446
Item
[1895?]

Part of Major Matthews collection

J.S. Matthews' notes with print or negative in Archives.

Hastings Street, Vancouver, B.C.

AM1477-1-S5-: CVA 1477-641
Item
[ca. 1896]

Part of L.D. Taylor family fonds

Photograph is a view of the 600 block of West Hastings Street, looking west from Granville Street. S. Blackson, Tobacconist, at 636 West Hastings Street is visible.

[View of Mount Pleasant looking north from Ninth Avenue (Broadway) near Quebec Street]

AM54-S4-: LGN 1052
Item
[between 1892 and 1896]

Part of Major Matthews collection

Photograph shows houses, False Creek, Westminster Road (Main Street) Bridge, downtown buildings, and North Shore mountains. J.S. Matthews' notes with print or negative in Archives.

[Looking west on Hastings Street from Cambie Street]

AM54-S4-: Str P184
Item
1896

Part of Major Matthews collection

Photgraph shows The Inns of Court Building (423 Hamilton Street at West Hastings) and the Arcade building

Browning Block, Vancouver, B.C. [southeast corner of Granville and Dunsmuir Streets]

AM54-S4-: SGN 301
Item
[1896?]

Part of Major Matthews collection

J.S. Matthews' notes with print or negative in Archives.

[McKinnon Block under construction on the southwest corner Hastings Street and Granville Street]

AM54-S4-: Bu P153
Item
[ca. 1897]

Part of Major Matthews collection

Lefevre Block, [Empire Block] Vancouver, B.C. [Hastings and Seymour Streets]

AM54-S4-: SGN 300
Item
[1897?]

Part of Major Matthews collection

J.S. Matthews' notes with print or negative in Archives.

[View of Vancouver waterfront between Cambie and Granville Streets]

AM54-S4-: SGN 445
Item
[1897?]

Part of Major Matthews collection

[View of downtown along Granville Street, looking north from the Hotel Vancouver]

AM54-S4-: SGN 821
Item
[1898?]

Part of Major Matthews collection

J.S. Matthews' notes with print or negative in Archives.

[View of downtown looking east from the Hotel Vancouver]

AM54-S4-: SGN 822
Item
[1898?]

Part of Major Matthews collection

J.S. Matthews' notes with print or negative in Archives.

[View along Granville Street looking south from the waterfront]

AM336-S3-3-: CVA 677-610
Item
[1898?]

Part of Vancouver Museums and Planetarium Association fonds

An attached label reads: "Looking south on Granville Street, during the 'Klondyke Boom,' 1898-9. The Williams stone buildings on the right gives the key to the picture. The Royal Bank and Post office are now on either corner. - Philip Timms."
Notes on the back of the photograph contain information regarding the purchase of the photograph by the Hudson's Bay Company.